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Back when the Epic Games Store launched as a competitor to Steam, it made frequent use of free game giveaways to help entice users to try the platform. Whether it was an indie darling like Super Meat Boy or something more mainstream like the Arkham trilogy of Batman games, there was plenty to see. However, Epic Games recently held a series of giveaways featuring “The Vault,” big-name titles that were only revealed when people could download them....

Members of Parliament (MPs) in Westminster have voted through the new restrictions with the opposition Labour party backing Boris Johnson’s Conservative government in bringing in the tough new rules. The hospitality industry, warning it is already on its knees after months of restrictions and a curfew, will bear the brunt yet again. The passing of the vote means that from Thursday, bars, restaurants pubs, non-essential shops, salons, and gyms will shut and people will be banned from mixing with anyone they don’t live with....

Top-level football has begun in Europe and now, international cricket is slowly starting to resume. It has been nearly 4 months without cricket – a long time for not only the players, but the fans of the gentleman’s game. All eyes will be at the Rose Bowl in Southampton on 8th July as cricket returns with the ‘truest’ form of the sport. England will host West Indies in a three-match Test series, which would mark the start of top level cricket....

Thus, the Englishmen would be entering the second Test with a lot of confidence, given their recent Test win against India. On the other end, India India will have their fair share of problems to deal with in the second Test. England vs India, 2nd Test Details Match Date: 9 August - 13 August 2018, Thursday Match Timing: 15:30 IST, 10:00 AM GMT, 11:00 AM LOCAL Match Venue: Lord’s Cricket Ground, London, England...

Virat Kohli is infamous for not fielding the same Test XI for two consecutive matches. His reactive captaincy instincts are always questionable. His decision to field two spinners on a very rainy English day at Lords proved to be quite costly for the Indian team. The visitors succumbed to their second defeat of the series by an innings and 159 runs. Changes to the playing XI are essential. But there must not be a case where the players do not feel secure....

Rugby world cup was launched in the year 1987. Total of seven championship titles are already held. Out of which New Zealand, Australia and South Africa have won the trophy twice. Unfortunately England could win the title only once in the history of Rugby World Cup. Team New Zealand is the current champion of the world cup. Kiwis are optimistic to repeat their magic of 2011 and emerge as the world champion again....

There have been more than 600 mass shootings—or about a dozen mass shootings a week—this year alone. And each day 12 children die from gun violence in America. Guns are the leading cause of death among our children and teens. And, of course, this epidemic doesn’t only impact youth—every day more than 110 Americans are killed with guns and hundreds more are shot and injured. And when it comes to domestic violence, gun deaths are downright shocking....

If we were to make a quick survey, we will come to realize that there are millions of people out there who happen to be die hard followers of the Apple iPhones and thus look forward to purchasing the same. However, the hitch here is that this particular Smartphones happen to be priced on the higher side and thus are not an affordable bet for each and every individual. All said and done, the good news here is that even you have such limitations, you can become a delighted owner of an Apple iPhone if you decide to compromise and settle down for a used iPhone....

Enthesis (plural: entheses) typically refers to the connective tissue where tendons, ligaments, or joint capsules attach to bone. Two types of entheses exist: fibrous entheses and fibrocartilaginous entheses. While that is the classic definition, a newer, broader definition suggests that enthesis is more than a simple attachment or insertion site—enthesis functions as a unit which includes adjacent tissues (for example, bone and fibrocartilage connected to synovium). The unit is referred to as the “enthesis organ complex”....

The 16-year-old Swede has drawn crowds wherever she has gone in North America after her impassioned address at the United Nations Climate Action Summit in September. Shunning air travel because of its high levels of emissions, she had intended to cross overland to Chile where the U.N. conference was originally going to be held, before it was shifted to Madrid due to anti-government protests in Santiago. In response to her appeal to head back to Europe, Australian couple Riley Whitelum and Elayna Carausu, who have a large following on YouTube, had offered Thunberg a place aboard their 48-foot catamaran called La Vagabonde, which is powered by solar panels and hydro-generators....

“There were a lot of teams that reached out, wanted me to be a closer,” he said. “I view myself as a starter, and that’s something I’ve always done my entire career. And I enjoy doing that. So if I had that choice, I still wanted to be a starter.” After shifting to the bullpen for three World Series relief appearances, including an epic 97-pitch outing in an 18-inning loss , Eovaldi decided last week to stay with the Red Sox for a $68 million, four-year contract ....

[HTML2] What would happen if you took Minecraft, Left 4 Dead and Orcs Must Die and threw them all in one big blender? The end result might look a little bit something like Fortnite, the upcoming fort-building and monster-slaying title from Epic Games, in which players are dropped into a procedurally generated world that requires them to build during the day and defend at night. A newly released video of gameplay footage from Fortnite highlights the three different game phases: resource-gathering, building, and the final showdown....

Epic Games Snaps Up RAD Game Tools The time is apparently ripe for large corporations to be buying smaller outfits. Nintendo recently bought out Next Level Games, and now Epic Games has joined the feeding frenzy, grabbing RAD Game Tools from the ocean of opportunity. Epic confirmed via a news post on its website that it “has acquired the technology and business of RAD Game Tools.” RAD joins SuperAwesome and Hypersense Team in the Epic fold, both of which Epic also recently bought out....

This North Carolina family thought the charges were fraud at first, but that is before they realized that their 11-year-old son had made all of these purchases himself on Fortnite. Afterward, they reached out to Epic Games about a refund for these charges, with the video game developer issuing the requested refund. This was after some time, however, according to the mother. Unfortunately, there are several stories similar to this one....

England’s perfect record in Euro 2020 qualifying ended in Prague on Friday despite Kane’s early penalty putting Southgate’s side ahead. Defender Jakub Brabec equalised within five minutes then, in the closing stages at Eden Arena, substitute striker Zdenek Ondrasek hit the winner on his international debut. England would have qualified for the finals had they won but are now joined on 12 points at the top of the group by the Czech Republic....

Jordan Henderson replaces Rooney in midfield, while strikers Daniel Sturridge and Jamie Vardy start in place of Raheem Sterling and Harry Kane, having come on for them at halftime and scored a goal apiece in the 2-1 win over Wales last Thursday. Hodgson also replaced both full backs, bringing in Nathaniel Clyne and Ryan Bertrand, and gave Jack Wilshere his first start of the tournament in midfield for a Group B match in which a win would guarantee England top spot and a favourable last 16 draw....

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said scans had revealed the injury, sustained as Hales attempted a catch in the outfield and jarred his hand on the ground. The 28-year-old will return home on Saturday to see a hand surgeon. The ECB said a replacement in the T20 squad for a three- match series starting on Jan. 26 would be announced in due course. India secured a series-clinching 15-run victory in the second one-dayer, with Hales dismissed for 14....

The draw for the finals was made on Friday afternoon at the State Kremlin Palace in Moscow and the Three Lions were handed a first round that they will believe they can successfully navigate for a place in the knockouts. Panama are playing at their first World Cup ever, while Tunisia have not qualified since 2006 and have just one finals win in their history. Top seed Belgium, however, are sure to present a stern test and will be hoping to make a run into the later rounds of the tournament after a quarter-final appearance in 2014....

MANCHESTER (Reuters) - England captain Wayne Rooney emerged unscathed when he played just over an hour for Manchester United’s Under-21 side at Old Trafford on Monday, having missed 12 first-team matches with a knee injury. The striker last featured for his club in a 2-1 defeat at Sunderland on Feb. 13 but looked fit, if ring rusty, in a 1-0 win over Middlesbrough’s Under-21s. The only goal came from Paddy McNair eight minutes after the over-age Rooney’s planned exit....